The Eyes of a Child
A FFII story
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any portion of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly or any of its characters.
CHAPTER FIVE: THE BUTTERFLY'S LEAD
"Mayu, please talk to us! Tell Mommy what happened!" cried Shizuka, staring at Mayu with pleading eyes.
Mio sat on her bed with Shizuka next to her. Mio now had a scar across her hand. Bandages covered the wound, and Shizuka had her arms around her terrified daughter.
Something more had happened. When the butterfly was clinging to Mio's hand, a rush of frightening images had run through her mind. The strange images and voices were burned into Mio's mind; she could not stop thinking about them, no matter how hard she tried.
Mio could not find her voice to speak and tell her mother what had happned. But then, neither could Mayu.
Why did I smile? Mayu wondered. Why did I smile at my sister and do nothing when I knew she was afraid?
Mayu felt so strange. She felt like someone had taken away her personality and switched it with someone who was insane. It was a frightening feeling.
All three Amakuras wanted this whole thing to disappear.
Mayu did not know what to say. Mio did not know what to say. Shizuka did not know what to say.
And suddenly, there it was.
The crimson butterfly.
Fluttering right outside the window.
Mio and Shizuka looked at where Mayu was staring. Mio began to scream.
"IT'S COME BACK! IT'S GOING TO GET ME AGAIN!" Mio shrieked, tears streaming down her face.
"It's okay, it's okay!" yelled Shizuka, trying to control her daughter as she thrashed around aimlessly in fear.
Mayu simply walked towards the window in a sort of daze. There was just something about that butterfly that took away her worries and made her feel light and free.
Mayu could hear Mio screaming her name, "MAYU! DON'T GO NEAR IT!!" but Mayu ignored her sister's pleas. Her voice sounded distant, so far away....
Mayu opened the window and climbed out.
The butterfly led her far away from the house and into the forest.
"Where are you taking me?" asked Mayu in a misty and unusually high voice.
The girl's voice answered. "I am going to show you our secret village, where we will have fun forever."
Mayu's eyes were frozen on the butterfly. She could not look away. She had to follow the butterfly; it seemed like following the butterfly was all Mayu could do or see or think about. Nothing else.
Mayu continued to follow the butterfly in a trance, thinking of nothing else but hazy voices and shadowed figures in her mind, when suddenly—
—someone grabbed her shoulder.
Mayu snapped back to the real world with a jolt; for a second, everything around her spun, and there she was, in the bright sunlit forest, with Mio's hand on her shoulder.
"Where were you going?" Mio asked. Her cheeks were tearstained and the fear was visible in her small eyes.
Mayu felt tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn't understand. Where HAD she been going?
"I don't know..." Mayu whispered faintly, tears dripping off her cheeks. "I just don't know."
A FFII story
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any portion of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly or any of its characters.
CHAPTER FIVE: THE BUTTERFLY'S LEAD
"Mayu, please talk to us! Tell Mommy what happened!" cried Shizuka, staring at Mayu with pleading eyes.
Mio sat on her bed with Shizuka next to her. Mio now had a scar across her hand. Bandages covered the wound, and Shizuka had her arms around her terrified daughter.
Something more had happened. When the butterfly was clinging to Mio's hand, a rush of frightening images had run through her mind. The strange images and voices were burned into Mio's mind; she could not stop thinking about them, no matter how hard she tried.
Mio could not find her voice to speak and tell her mother what had happned. But then, neither could Mayu.
Why did I smile? Mayu wondered. Why did I smile at my sister and do nothing when I knew she was afraid?
Mayu felt so strange. She felt like someone had taken away her personality and switched it with someone who was insane. It was a frightening feeling.
All three Amakuras wanted this whole thing to disappear.
Mayu did not know what to say. Mio did not know what to say. Shizuka did not know what to say.
And suddenly, there it was.
The crimson butterfly.
Fluttering right outside the window.
Mio and Shizuka looked at where Mayu was staring. Mio began to scream.
"IT'S COME BACK! IT'S GOING TO GET ME AGAIN!" Mio shrieked, tears streaming down her face.
"It's okay, it's okay!" yelled Shizuka, trying to control her daughter as she thrashed around aimlessly in fear.
Mayu simply walked towards the window in a sort of daze. There was just something about that butterfly that took away her worries and made her feel light and free.
Mayu could hear Mio screaming her name, "MAYU! DON'T GO NEAR IT!!" but Mayu ignored her sister's pleas. Her voice sounded distant, so far away....
Mayu opened the window and climbed out.
The butterfly led her far away from the house and into the forest.
"Where are you taking me?" asked Mayu in a misty and unusually high voice.
The girl's voice answered. "I am going to show you our secret village, where we will have fun forever."
Mayu's eyes were frozen on the butterfly. She could not look away. She had to follow the butterfly; it seemed like following the butterfly was all Mayu could do or see or think about. Nothing else.
Mayu continued to follow the butterfly in a trance, thinking of nothing else but hazy voices and shadowed figures in her mind, when suddenly—
—someone grabbed her shoulder.
Mayu snapped back to the real world with a jolt; for a second, everything around her spun, and there she was, in the bright sunlit forest, with Mio's hand on her shoulder.
"Where were you going?" Mio asked. Her cheeks were tearstained and the fear was visible in her small eyes.
Mayu felt tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn't understand. Where HAD she been going?
"I don't know..." Mayu whispered faintly, tears dripping off her cheeks. "I just don't know."